'Judicious and extremely learned ... this is a book warmly to be welcomed and recommended' Jane Stevenson, History.
'This important interdisciplinary study will admit many readers to the largely enclosed world of medieval Ireland as well as presenting a thorough methodology for the future study of Irish hagiography' Irish Independent.
'Meticulous scholarship ... and a model for fuller investigation of the lives of the saints' G.O. Simms, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.
'It is breathtaking in scope, meticulous in its research, beautifully written, wise and open-minded' Books Ireland.
